Re: [free-software-melb] Purism Librem 5 update: Unexpected good news!

2019-02-22 Thread Jookia
On Sat, Feb 23, 2019 at 05:56:40PM +1100, Ben Finney wrote: > Howdy all, > > The free-software handheld product from Purism, the Librem 5, is on > track for delivery again after an unexpected resolution of the heat > issues they were experiencing. > > [...] > > The post also gives a good

Re: [free-software-melb] Fwd: Re: Activities/CompulsoryRouters - FSFE Wiki

2018-07-03 Thread Jookia
On Wed, Jul 04, 2018 at 01:33:54PM +1000, Andrew Pam wrote: > On 04/07/18 13:23, Jookia wrote: > > I haven't got the NBN yet, but we currently have a Telstra technicolor > > modem. > > What interests me about it is that it does firmware updating automatically > > an

Re: [free-software-melb] Fwd: Re: Activities/CompulsoryRouters - FSFE Wiki

2018-07-03 Thread Jookia
I haven't got the NBN yet, but we currently have a Telstra technicolor modem. What interests me about it is that it does firmware updating automatically and I can't find any firmware for it online. Short of cracking it open and reading flash chips or doing traffic snooping, there's not much I can

Re: [free-software-melb] Librem 5 phone - Privacy focused

2017-08-24 Thread Jookia
of open source this will probably benefit the existing open hardware projects too and help boost the ecosystem and interest in these technologies. Jookia. ___ Free-software-melb mailing list Free-software-melb@lists.softwarefreedom.com.au https://lists.softwar

Re: [free-software-melb] puri.sm: Neutralizing the Intel Management Engine on Librem Laptops

2017-06-16 Thread Jookia
It might be worth looking at the list of supported hardware of me_cleaner <https://github.com/corna/me_cleaner/issues/3> and go hunting for newer hardware than 2008 thinkpads. Jookia. ___ Free-software-melb mailing list Fre

Re: [free-software-melb] Service rejected, for using a VPN

2017-04-22 Thread Jookia
On Sun, Apr 23, 2017 at 04:08:03AM +1000, Andrew McGlashan wrote: > > > On 21/04/17 21:25, Adrian Colomitchi wrote: > > If you think this is bad, wait until you won't be able to buy anything from > > outside Australia *without VPN* > > > >

Re: [free-software-melb] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WIKILEAKS, Vault 7: CIA Hacking Tools Revealed

2017-03-09 Thread Jookia
On Thu, Mar 09, 2017 at 06:41:00PM +1100, Russell Coker wrote: > I agree that reducing the attack surface is good, but I doubt that dealing > with BIOS bugs actually achieves that goal. To get to the BIOS an attacker > has to either compromise the kernel/acpid or gain physical access to the >

Re: [free-software-melb] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WIKILEAKS, Vault 7: CIA Hacking Tools Revealed

2017-03-08 Thread Jookia
re related to proprietary drivers and firmware that projects like Replicant seek to remove. For instance, GPU drivers like Adreno or Broadcom's Wi-Fi drivers. These are things people can't update. Night people, Jookia. ___ Free-software-melb maili

Re: [free-software-melb] Reclaiming unfiltered Internet access

2017-01-13 Thread Jookia
locking. Recently I had to change my DNS server away from Telstra given it was blocking Instagram images. Jookia. ___ Free-software-melb mailing list Free-software-melb@lists.softwarefreedom.com.au http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listin